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I The United Nations. eh? No sooner hat; Glamour/s ‘Scotlaiid With Style' cainpaigii convinced all-corners; that the city If; inhahited only by beautiful hiisuiiesswoiiien_ hookish architects and Tram Ferdinand than a UN hacked, French-made ad plays; on images; of the city's; Violent past. The Ill) second advert for the Global Fund to f ight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria features a tattooed thug picking fights across; housing schemes in Glasgow before getting knocked out by a bouncer. 'It is.' he explains helpfully. 'stronger than iiie.'
I The Herald and The Record were understandably peeved at the dig, and collected quotes from an assortment of tourism bods and politicians. ‘Their portrayal of Glasgow is out-of-date and it weakens the credibility of their campaign,’ thundered Glasgow and Clyde Valley tourism chief Scott Taylor. ‘I think people are more than a little bored of seeing Glasgow depicted in this way.’ Too right Scott, and we’re even more bored of hosts of spokesmen riffing off about things they haven’t had the chance to see. The ad doesn’t air until the end of 2004.
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I Media regulator OfCOin i'seming citizen-consumers in the digital age‘l will deCIde which bid will gain Edinburgh's new FM freguency i107) at the end of this year. Bids closed at the end of September. and media magazine The Drum took the opportunity to Quiz Chris Tarrant. one of the men behind proposed station 4LifeFM. 'For EtOO.‘ began Richard
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I Is London Fashion Week still relevant? The papers were doubtful. 'It's a moot point whether London's can-we-really-be-bothered-to-do-this diffidence works.’ mused The Times. The Guardian grumbled that ‘there were collections on the catwalks this week that wouldn't have stood up to the best of graduate fashion week.‘ before acknowledging that it did like Giles Deacon's “power tailoring’ and ‘exacting craftsmanship.
I Alongside Deacon were Paul Smith (‘very twee and English’, according to The Australian), Julien Macdonald (‘putting the gold back in glitterati’ for an excitable Manila Times) and Jean Muir (‘fussy and sugary sweet’, thought The Independent). The Indie’s view that ‘London’s privileged position alongside New York, Milan and Paris appears precarious’ was fairly representative. But cheer up, said The Times. Designer brands are finished anyway, ‘with the fash-pack now jostling aside council estate mums in the aisles of George at Asda and Primark’. Which is where we were all the time.
I The Scottish press gave the shows a wide berth. The Scotsman got its well-worn celeb-spotting goggles on. saw various Rolling Stones offspring on the catwalk. and proceeded to blether on about famous daughters. The Record was more concerned with Armani’s show in Glasgow. attended by Yasmin Le Bon. ‘Duran Duran singer Simon babysat their three children as his wife enjoyed the aftershow party.' waxed the never-knowingly
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Draycott. ‘why on earth do you want to launch a radio station in Edinburgh?‘ Tarrant went on to call coniinerCial radio ‘formatted. de-personahser‘l and predictable and accuse it of not catering for older people. Draycott eventually let Tarrant go. although he was 'disappOinted With myself for not haying the nerve to actually say “Is that you final answer?" at any pomt during the interVIeW.' US too Rich. us too.
I Rival group Time FM had similar concerns. ‘Fiftysomethings are affluent and active and want to listen to something better than
what is on offer at the moment,’ explained managing director Charles Fletcher in The Scotsman. Unlike, presumably, all those poor, passive younger folk.
I Other bidders include Arrow. Edinburgh City Beat. Edinburgh Local Radio. Castle Ftvt. Smooth FM. Red 107 . Saga. Dunedin FM. Forth 3 and Virgin CIaSSic Rock. All are specifically targeted at listeners over 3:3. It's obviously a lucrative demographic. but COuldn't Scotland's Vibrant alternative musical scene have more space on the ain-xayes’.>
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